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MPEC 2002-F45 : 2002 FT5

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M.P.E.C. 2002-F45                                Issued 2002 Mar. 23, 14:26 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
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                                   2002 FT5

Observations:
     K02F05T* C2002 03 20.36901 14 05 54.78 +00 59 32.3          19.6        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 20.38071 14 05 48.69 +00 58 41.8          19.7        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 20.39336 14 05 42.09 +00 57 49.7          19.4        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 20.40597 14 05 35.46 +00 56 53.3          19.6        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.35831 13 57 24.96 -00 11 04.9          19.3        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.36986 13 57 18.76 -00 11 54.7          19.4        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.38142 13 57 12.47 -00 12 44.4          19.4        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.38324 13 57 11.76 -00 12 50.3          19.8 R      651
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.38474 13 57 10.84 -00 12 56.3          19.6 R      651
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.38620 13 57 10.11 -00 13 04.3          19.8 R      651
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.39299 13 57 06.25 -00 13 34.2          19.3        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 21.40458 13 57 00.05 -00 14 23.8          19.2        704
     K02F05T  C2002 03 23.19087 13 41 13.31 -02 24 22.0          18.8 R      649
     K02F05T  C2002 03 23.19323 13 41 12.04 -02 24 31.7          18.7 R      649
     K02F05T  C2002 03 23.19794 13 41 09.39 -02 24 53.3          18.5 R      649

Observer details:
649 Powell Observatory, Louisburg.  Observers K. Smalley, R. Fredrick,
    D. Young.  0.75-m Newtonian + CCD.
651 Grasslands Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.62-m f/5.1
    reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, S. Adams, J. Piscitelli.  Measurers
    J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. B. Evans, H. Viggh.  1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2002 FT5
Epoch 2002 Mar. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452340.5                  MPC
M 104.02048              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.02377288     Peri.   32.40574     +0.77032219     -0.63385665
a   0.9749903      Node     8.08758     +0.42693882     +0.43174298
e   0.3053974      Incl.   29.60159     +0.47363168     +0.64173495
P   0.96           H   21.7           G   0.15
From 15 observations 2002 Mar. 20-23.

Ephemeris:
2002 FT5                 a,e,i = 0.97, 0.31, 30                  q = 0.6772
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2002 03 17    14 33.08   +04 47.9    0.208    1.158   138.2    34.9    20.1
2002 03 22    13 51.80   -00 57.0    0.197    1.175   153.1    22.5    19.6
2002 03 27    13 06.42   -06 59.6    0.197    1.191   168.1     9.9    19.2
2002 04 01    12 21.89   -12 22.9    0.208    1.205   170.7     7.7    19.2
2002 04 06    11 42.82   -16 30.3    0.231    1.218   158.8    17.3    19.9
2002 04 11    11 11.49   -19 21.1    0.261    1.230   147.5    25.9    20.4
2002 04 16    10 47.90   -21 14.6    0.296    1.240   138.2    32.6    20.9
2002 04 21    10 30.91   -22 31.2    0.336    1.249   130.5    37.7    21.3
2002 04 26    10 19.14   -23 25.7    0.377    1.256   124.0    41.6    21.7

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2002 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2002-F45

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